Our Mentors

Jami Nord is not mentoring this year, but has mentored
Adult, New Adult

Jami Nord

Jami Nord is frequently accused of having a TARDIS, because she gets so much done. Between a day job as a phone monkey, freelance editing at Chimeraediting.com, and the rest of life, she’s really just an expert at time management, hyper organized, and a very fast reader. She grew up reading mountains of scifi and fantasy, cut her professional chops on romance novels, and has a weak spot for GLBT*, disabled, and racially/ethnically diverse characters told with enrapturing style, where their identities are part of who they are, not just a plot thread. Someday, she’ll become an agent, or an editor for a big house, and help make dreams come true. In the meantime, she’ll settle for trying to make the industry just a bit more transparent, or at least her tiny corner of it. She tweets at @JamiNord and blogs at jaminord.wordpress.com. She lives in Philadelphia, having finally escaped the clutches of south Texas, though she still favors margaritas and good queso. #Pitchmadness reader and industry advisor, #Pitchwars mentor with KT Hanna to several wonderful writers, and former intern.

Recent Favorite Books

Killing June: A Dark Romance (Saved by Sin #1) by May B. Bridges
Dali By Elisabeth Hamill
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
The Bone Doll's Twin (Tamír Triad #1) by Lynn Flewelling
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

Pitch Wars is a mentoring program where published/agented authors, editors, or industry interns choose one writer each, read their entire manuscript, and offer suggestions on how to make the manuscript shine for an agent showcase.